Slot Type Template

Articles using the Slot Type template define the appointments that can be created on the Slot Book calendars. They display no content of their own and are not designed to be viewed directly on the site. They should be created in a "hidden" area of your site and be hidden form the site search.

Article Heading

The article heading is used as the name of the appointment. It will appear in the various drop-down lists of booking forms and in the titles of booked appointment slots on the calendars.

Article Extras

Length

The default length of this type of slot. This value will be used by the site user forms that create bookings, but can generally be overridden when creating appointments directly from the calendars.

Colour

Select the colour that will be used by these appointments when they appear in the calendars. These colours are set in the main Book and Pay configuration End Point, ie, config.live.BookAndPay.getConfig.

slotbooking.colours = [
    { name: "Blue", hex: "#4A90E2" },
    { name: "Purple", hex: "#8792BF" },
    { name: "Teal", hex: "#77CEBE" },
    { name: "Yellow", hex: "#C5E45A" },
    { name: "Orange", hex: "#FF9C00" },
    { name: "Dark Orange", hex: "#C57400" }
];

Disabled

The disabled setting prevents appointments of this slot type from being booked.

"Gather data" Form

Select the form that will be used when creating bookings of this slot type. Only forms that start with the letters "SBCHAINED" appear in the drop-down.

Communications Template Manager

The name of the "application" defined in the Comms Manager.

Communications Template

The name of the group of email templates to use from the chosen application. These are the templates that will be used when this appointment type is booked.

Check for Future Time slots (Look-aheads)

Some booking forms display a list of the next available time slots. If this slot type should only be booked in the time slot selected via the calendar and not present other time slots to the booker, set "Are look-aheads enabled?" in the article extras to "No".

Appointment Processing

Once an appointment has been booked, clicking on it will, by default, link you to the next task form in the booking process, as described in Processing Appointments. To disable this click-through, set "Is processing enabled?" to "No".

Cancelling, Rescheduling and Amending Appointments

These fields control whether non-admin users can cancel, reschedule or amend appointments of this slot type. You can set the minimum time period prior to the start time changes can be made, and whether changes can be made after the start time.

The admin user group is set in the Configuration. Users in this group are always able to edit appointments.

Article Security

You can use article security to restrict the slot types available to users. When using the booking forms, users will only be able to select slot types secured to a group their user is a member of.

Configuration Summary